Articles by Walker Alexander
Dec. 26, 2016
Drexel Professor issues statement on “White Genocide” tweet
At 10:48 p.m. Dec. 24, Drexel University Professor George Ciccariello-Maher tweeted: “All I Want for Christmas is White Genocide.” Over the next 36 hours, a…

Dec. 2, 2016
Men’s team upsets No. 6 Quakers, women’s team goes 2-1
The No. 9-ranked Drexel University men’s squash team upset the No. 6-ranked University of Pennsylvania Quakers in a 5-4 home victory Nov. 30. The match…

Nov. 18, 2016
Retention rate sees significant increase, yield rate up slightly
In 2014, Randy Deike, senior vice president for enrollment management and student success, began an admissions strategy overhaul, taking into account the student experience from…

Nov. 11, 2016
Trump wins presidency
On Nov. 8, 2016, Donald Trump was elected president of the United States. Trump won the presidency, 290 electoral votes compared to Hillary Clinton’s 228,…

Nov. 5, 2016
Jewish Life Center opens
A ribbon-cutting ceremony marked the opening of the Raymond G. Perelman Center for Jewish Life Oct. 26 on 34th and Cherry Streets. The new center…
Oct. 14, 2016
Uber deemed legal pending regulation
When Drexel University student Sarah Vu needs to catch a train home, she often turns to Uber as a convenient and inexpensive alternative to taxicabs…

Sep. 30, 2016
Writers join to celebrate Hurston
The Drexel University Writers Room hosted the first of nine events Sept. 22 in conjunction with the National Endowment for the Arts’ Big Read Initiative.…

Sep. 9, 2016
Best study spaces on campus
The quarter system is an ambitious proposition. The idea of taking 15 weeks worth of material and cramming it into just 10 is bold. Yet,…

Aug. 19, 2016
Doping gives athletes an unfair edge
With the 2016 Rio Olympics now underway, the television screens of sports fans worldwide are filled with images of uplifting victories, crushing defeats and shining…

Aug. 5, 2016
The DNC comes to Philadelphia
On Feb. 1, Hillary Clinton declared victory over Bernie Sanders in the Iowa Democratic caucus by a margin of 0.3 percent, an estimated difference of…
